This is release 1.2 of Linux FreeS/WAN, our freely-redistributable IPSEC
implementation. See http://www.xs4all.nl/~freeswan/ for current news and
pointers to more recent releases (if any). The BUGS file lists bugs that
we consider major; the CHANGES file lists the major things that have been
done since last time.
WARNING: this release has been assembled in haste due to some awkward
schedule constraints, and the new functionality in particular is probably
rather shaky.
The current development and target systems for FreeS/WAN are RedHat 5.2
with a 2.0.38 kernel and RH6.0 with 2.2.12. (We advise against use of
older kernels in either series.) It's likely to work with other Linux
distributions using 2.0.xx and 2.2.x kernels; if modifications are
necessary, please tell us what you had to do, and we'll try to fix it so
it'll drop in cleanly in future. Other systems are a lower priority but
we'd still like to hear details if you try it.
Several high-level documents are in the doc directory. Most are in HTML
format; do "lynx doc/index.html" (or use your own favorite HTML reader) to
read them. See doc/README for two methods of getting plain-text versions
if needed. doc/index.html is an index of the documents, doc/roadmap.html
is a guide to what's where in this distribution.
Unpacking the distribution needs about 5MB, and compiling it maybe another
5MB. For setup procedures, see doc/setup.html. The INSTALL file only
describes the mechanics of installing the software, not how to use it.
Feedback is welcome, preferably (for legal reasons, among others) to the
public linux-ipsec mailing list, located at .
(Caution: that mailing list goes all over the world. If you are located
in the US, or are a US citizen, read doc/exportlaws.html before sending
mail!) If you're reporting a problem with the software, we ask that you
read doc/prob.report first.
The bulk of this software is under the GNU General Public License; see
COPYING. Some parts of it are not; see CREDITS for the details.
Henry Spencer (technical lead)
Richard Guy Briggs (Klips)
D. Hugh Redelmeier (Pluto)
Sandy Harris (documentation)
P.S. This file is RCSID $Id: README,v 1.51 1999/12/14 21:49:14 henry Exp $.
Bet you were just dying to know that.